David Eddings

I'm currently reading "The Belgariad" series and plan to continue on to "The Malloreon" once I'm done the first.

He's one of the more talented fantasy authors I've had the pleasure of discovering, though I have a small inquiry to make of all of you:

Do you have any recommendations to make on other authors/series based on my enjoyment of the above-mentioned series? Also, what's your opinion on David Eddings's works in general?

He's okay (read: mindless fun, nothing deep, yet entertaining) if you're just starting to read fantasy, but he'll probably get on your nerves fast with his happy-flower-wonderland fantasy style with basically the same old characters (with different names) in every novel later on.
Also, clichéd/boring plots.